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ignominiously

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɪɡ.nə(ʊ)ˈmɪ.ni.əs.li/
  • General-American: /ˌɪɡ.nəˈmɪ.ni.əs.li/
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1

adv

Meaning 1

In a manner which is ignominious (“especially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonour; contemptible, despicable; (generally) causing or marked by disgrace or dishonour; disgraceful, dishonourable; also (loosely), humiliating, shameful”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his grades were disgracefully low

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disgracefully, ingloriously, discreditably, shamefully, dishonorably, dishonourably

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English ignominious Middle English -ly English -ly English ignominiously From ignominious + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from nouns). Ignominious is derived from Late Middle English ignominious (“disgraceful, shameful”), from Middle French ignominieux (modern French ignominieux), or from its etymon Latin ignōminiōsus (“disgraced; disgraceful, shameful, ignominious”), from ignōminia (“disgrace, dishonour, shame, ignominy”) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; overly; prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Ignōminia is derived from ig- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning not)) + nōmen (“name; good name, reputation”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h1nómn̥ (“name”)) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَائِن m or شَائِنَة (šāʔin) — in a manner which is ignominious
  • Arabic: مُذِلّ m or مُذِلَّة (muḏill) — in a manner which is ignominious
  • Arabic: مُخْزٍ (muḵzin) — in a manner which is ignominious
  • Armenian: խայտառակաբար (xaytaṙakabar) — in a manner which is ignominious
  • Old Armenian: խայտառակ (xaytaṙak) — in a manner which is ignominious
  • Old Armenian: խայտառակաբար (xaytaṙakabar) — in a manner which is ignominious
  • Finnish: häpeällisesti — in a manner which is ignominious
  • French: ignominieusement — in a manner which is ignominious
  • Georgian: მდაბლად (mdablad) — in a manner which is ignominious
  • German: schmachvoll — in a manner which is ignominious
  • Greek: ατιμωτικά (atimotiká) — in a manner which is ignominious
  • Italian: ignominiosamente — in a manner which is ignominious
  • Latin: foedē — in a manner which is ignominious
  • Macedonian: неславно (neslavno) — in a manner which is ignominious
  • Polish: haniebnie — in a manner which is ignominious
  • Polish: niegodziwie — in a manner which is ignominious
  • Polish: podle — in a manner which is ignominious
  • Polish: sromotnie — in a manner which is ignominious
  • Russian: посты́дно (postýdno) — in a manner which is ignominious
  • Spanish: ignominiosamente — in a manner which is ignominious
  • Swedish: snöpligt — in a manner which is ignominious
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